1945 Japan–Washington flight
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1945-japan-washington-flight-223-4246039
title:
1945 Japan–Washington flight
text:
The 1945 Japan–Washington flight was a record-breaking air voyage made by three specially modified Boeing B-29 Superfortresses on September 18–19, 1945, from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō to Chicago in the Midwestern United States, continuing to Washington, D.C. The flight was made by three United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) generals and other airmen returning to the United States from their overseas duty after World War II. At that date, it involved the then-heaviest load carried
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Nonstop flight made by the USAAF after WW2
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945_Japan%E2%80%93Washington_flight
date created:
2010-10-19T21:11:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T14:10:23Z
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13
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